Coast Guard searching for missing diver near Long Beach

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 11/11/2017 07:45 PM EST

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News Release  

Nov. 11, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 11th District PA Detachment LA/LB
Contact: Coast Guard PA Detachment LA/LB
Office: (310) 521-4260
After Hours: (310) 781-0619

Coast Guard searching for missing diver near Long Beach 

SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The Coast Guard is searching for a missing diver in the vicinity of Long Beach Saturday.

The missing individual is a male in his mid-fifties approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 200 pounds.

At approximately 12:30 p.m., a crewmember aboard a commercial dive vessel reported to Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach command center watchstanders of a diver who went into an uncontrolled decent near Platform Elly approximately 7.5 miles offshore.

Watchstanders launched an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Forward Operating Base Mugu and a Coast Guard Station Los Angeles-Long Beach 45-foot Response Boat Medium crew to search for the diver.

Assisting with the search are crews from:

  • Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Air Rescue 5 helicopter   
  • Los Angeles County Fire Helicopter and Boats
  • Long Beach Fire Department Rescue boats 

The water is approximately 270 feet deep.

 

 

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